Linux 2.6.0-test9 Released

keesh writes "Linux kernel 2.6.0-test9 is now out. Changes include SATA support and XFS and CIFS fixes. Because of the change freeze, this is a fairly minor update. In the announcement, Linus suggests that -test10 will be the final release before 2.6.0-final. Don't forget to use a mirror."

Comments

Re:Whaa

[BJH]

SATA = Serial ATA, a replacement for the old Parallel ATA.
XFS = SGI's high-performance filesystem.
CIFS = Common Internet File System, otherwise known as SMB. The Microsoft networked filesystem emulated by Samba. A misnomer in that it isn't generally used over the Internet (except for worms, ha ha).

Taunting the LG users?

[wrinkledshirt]

I see one of the icons for this story is a compact disc. That's just plain mean.

Still the same error, propagated from kernel 2.2

[Anonymous Coward]

I submitted several bugs to the bug tracker, I e-mailed Alan Cox and Lunis Torvalds, and I still get the same error when trying to run it:

kernel-2.6.0-test9.tar.bz2 is not a valid Win32 application

and then the error message with Ok and Cancel.

Anyone has any howto on whether this bug will ever be fixed? Or is there a service pack or a patch I missed?

try this ftp

[Anonymous Coward]

if you have problem downloading, try this one.

ftp.sco.com/pub/linux/source/beta/kernel/hey_bil ly-/we_need_to_check_da_code/need_cash/buy_mo_shar e/2.6.0-test9.src.rpm

Good luck everyone!!

Re:So what's the difference?

[gid]

Alsa sound drivers are built right in. So now I don't need to copile them separately. The oss support for my sound card was very half ass, it didn't even support full duplex and hardware mixing.

Also, i2c and the lm sensors interface is built right in as well. So now I don't have to compile i2c and lm sensors to know how hot my mobo and cpu are running. They have saved my computer at least once. My cpu fan died on me, I wouldn't have known if I didn't have it graphed.

Also there's pre-emptible kernel option. It makes X more responsive, especially noticeable under heavy load and on slower computers. Supposedly better memory management as well, but as I have 768 megs of ram, I probably won't ever notice that.

There's also USB 2.0 support, and support for USB type removeable drivers. I think both of those are new.

There's probalby more, but those are the ones I know off hand.

Re:torrent link

[Anonymous Coward]

Wow, really helpful! :)
I'll just take your word for it and you just saved me the effort of actually checking the hash.
Your ideas on hash-check-optimizing might even revolutionize the whole industry.
Plus imaginary authentication feels so much safer!

Re:For a kernel compilation newbie...

[digitalhermit]

Things to watch:
Build your root fs models statically into the kernel.

Your /etc/modules.conf file will likely need to be updated because of differences in the module names.

Some init scripts will need to be modified.

None of these are fatal errors but will cause some failure messages as the system comes up. This can be a little disconcerting but shouldn't do any harm.

If you're running things like NVidia binary drives, VMWare, or any applications that build kernel modules specific to the running kernel you will need to rebuild those hooks.

Some USB devices may magically start working!

Your /dev layout may look different, possibly breaking some scripts.

Some parts of /proc may not be the same, so things that rely on cat'ing files in /proc might break. For these use applications like lspci instead of reading proc directly.

Re:Hot damn

[yorgasor]

Um, I think you misread that. The Fedora Core 1 that is coming out in a couple weeks has no plans whatsoever for supporting kernel 2.6. The following Fedora Core (what you would call RH11) will come with kernel 2.6 if it's ready. If it seem stable enough, they'll hurry up and get the new release out there, but if not, they won't delay the release just to get the new kernel in.

No matter what, they won't be shipping a kernel unless they've been able to test it thoroughly. And it'll probably take several kernel releases before it's ready to be shipped with a distro.

Re:Not ready for prime time

[Prof.Phreak]

Hmm... try this:

lex@particle theory $ uname -a
Linux particle 2.6.0-test6 #3 Sun Sep 28 19:27:41 EDT 2003 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux

alex@particle theory $ uptime
01:03:46 up 27 days, 3:45, 4 users, load average: 0.16, 0.36, 0.30

And this is my *primary* dev box that doubles as a server (web, mysql, etc.,) and pretty much anything else I use a computer for (play music, video, etc.,)

How exactly is 27 days uptime not stable?